Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Deep brown colour with a small beige head. Aroma is wooden, roasted, some bitter grass with wood. Flavour is herbal, grassy, some wooden and citrusy tones with mild toast. Smooth and easy to drink.
Historic check-in
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Moylan's, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out bitter resinous hops, some melon and sweet malt. Flavour is bitter, with lots of bitter orange rinds, resinous hops, and sweet bready malt on the underside. The balance isn't the best, and the Brut yeast isn't all that noticeable. It's alright.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
On tap at Moylan's, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is laid back, with a soft wheaty character. Flavour is soft and wheaty, with gentle pillowy wheaty notes. Not much character to this — soft and timid. Meh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from Corti Bros. Pours tarnished gold with a large foamy white head. Aroma of bready wheat with a touch of floral and perhaps citrus. Med body. Flavor is wheat with floral and citrus - not strong citrus. It's bready/wheaty but the flavor is rather firm and quite nicer (and tastier) than most wheat beers I've tried. Props for theme and flavor.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft at Hops and Pie 2-25-15
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can (Batch #2183) pour from Harvest Wine & Spirits, West Hartford. Appearance is clear golden orange-light amber with light lazy sparkle, finger-width rocky foam off-white head with excellent retention and nice soapy lacing. Aroma is strong dank resin, very mild citrus and faint malt backbone with an astringency that almost burns the nostrils. Taste is similar to aroma with a danky resin flavor over late caramel malts but pure bitterness carries the day. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation, intense alcohol warmth in the stomach and dry, crisp bitter finish. Overall, when you advertise 120 IBU's on the can, you're not exactly shy about your bitterness. A bit of a fish out of water here in New England and this seems old school, but perhaps this is still modern day out west. Or, just a classic. Well crafted and good for what it is but not what I want to drink.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can @ Home. Pours clear dark amber with a fading tan head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, candy sugar, toffee, light nuts. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, toffee, nuts, dried fruit, some alcohol. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, sweet finish. 070520
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can @ Home. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of malt, light sweet fruity hops light citrus. Flavor is sweet, light bitter, malt, fruity hops, light parfume, little citrus. Medium body, average carbonation, light sweet finish. 300420